Share & Save
Meaning
This is a political argument about work, dignity, and pay, with the minimum wage framed as a living standard rather than a side issue. It reads as a claim that full-time work should not leave people poor, and it lands in debates about wages, labor rights, and the gap between employment and security.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Bernie Sanders
American politician and activist, senior United States senator from Vermont since 2007
Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist, and the senior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. He is known as a democratic socialist and as one of the leading figures in modern American progressivism. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, though he has long worked closely with Democrats and has caucused with them for most of his congressional career. He sought the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, and his public life is closely tied to progressive politics in the United States.
More from Bernie Sanders (215 quotes) →More quotes by Bernie Sanders
- “I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single pa…”Bernie Sanders
- “Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an eco…”Bernie Sanders
- “It used to be that I was known as 'the longest-serving independent in the history of the United States Congre…”Bernie Sanders
- “Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest co…”Bernie Sanders
Explore Poverty
- “No one who works a full-time job should live in poverty. It's that simple. We must stand on the side of hard-…”Alex Padilla
- “I live in a working-class community that is struggling at the poverty line, where people who work full-time j…”Cory Booker
- “Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job a…”Sunday Adelaja
More Money quotes
- “We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!" And people further off took up the cry: "Up Bowman…”J.R.R. Tolkien
- “A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.”Derrick Jensen
- “We can lose money, But the loss of human life is loss forever.”Lailah Gifty Akita
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Bernie Sanders
Our Revolution
2016
Bernie Sanders
2015